§ 34. Mr Arthur Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will undertake to publish all the advice available to him in connection with the treatment of nuclear waste material from abroad and the dumping of such material after it has been treated.
§ Mr. EadieThe Government are considering whether it would be acceptable to take further contracts for the reprocessing here of irradiated nuclear fuel from overseas. When the Government have arrived at their decision, my right hon. Friend will, of course, make an explanatory statement. It would not, however, be right to publish the advice that has been given by the Departments concerned on the many aspects of this problem.
§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) how many coal-fired power stations have been closed in each of the last 10 years;
(2) how many new coal-fired power stations have come into production in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. EadieI am informed by the CEGB that during the last 10 years a total of 4040 megawatts of coal-fired 323W capacity has been closed. In the same period 20685 megawatts of new coal-fired
(a) Coal-fired power-stations closed over last 10 years
Year Stations Sections of stations Output capacity of stations Output capacity of sections Total* coal closures Total* closures (M W) (M W) (M W) (M W) 1965/66 … … 6 1 76 18 131 158 1966/67 … … 4 — 55 — 165 231 1967/68 … … 14 5 248 123 483 484 1968/69 … … 7 4 178 62 575 760 1969/70 … … 7 2 221 31 431 555 1970/71 … … 3 2 152 51 351 543 1971/72 … … 3 1 136 20 198 334 1972/73 … … 8 2 425 42 559 561 1973/74 … … 4 2 156 70 403 439 1974/75 … … 1 1 228 99 744 746 * This figure includes individual sets which were scrapped at stations, but which do not qualify as either a station or section of a station. (b) Coal-fired power stations brought into production in the last 10 years
Year Stations Sections of stations Output capacity of stations Output capacity of sections Total* new coal capacity Total* new capacity (M W) (M W) (M W) (M W) 1965/66 … … 1 — 500 — 1205 2739 1966/67 … … 1 1 340 100 1401 1952 1967/68 … … 3 — 1830 — 3534 3935 1968/69 … … 1 — 250 — 3048 3540 1969/70 … … 2 — 1425 — 2186 2779 1970/71 … … — — — — 1708 3535 1971/72 … … 4 — 2033 — 2435 5520 1972/73 … … — — — — 1998 2798 1973/74 … … — — — — 1520 2052 1974/75 … … 1 — 1150 — 1650 1735 * These figures include increases in interim ratings and the introduction of new sets in existing stations.
§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the percentage of coal-fired capacity in the power stations in the United Kingdom for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. EadieI am informed by the CEGB that the percentage of coal-fired capacity in each of the last ten years was as follows:
Per cent. 1965–66 76.90 1966–67 76.39 1967–68 77.41 1968–69 77.84 1969–70 77.80 1970–71 77.03 1971–72 70.63 1972–73 69.00 1973–74 68.94 1974–75 69.95
§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the estimated percentage of coal-fired capacity in United Kingdom power stations for each of the next five years.
§ Mr. EadieI am informed by the CEGB that the estimated percentage of
324Wcapacity has been brought into production. The details are as follows:
coal-fired capacity in its system for each of the next five years is as follows:
Per cent. 1975–76 72 1976–77 71 1977–78 69 1978–79 66 1979–80 63 (Note: Dual-fired plant, i.e. coal/gas and coal/oil, is included as coal-fired capacity).
The figure for 1976–77 takes account of the closure of 3419 megawatts of plant agreed at the meeting of the electricity supply industry's National Joint Advisory Council on 16th October 1975. The estimates for this and subsequent years takes into account the commissioning of plant now under constuction.